Microsoft launches new Rainbow Six Siege and 'Name Your Game' Xbox One bundles

The holiday shopping season is over, but Microsoft wants consumers to continue to look at their Xbox One console as a big gift item for the winter months of 2016. The company has announced two new bundles for the Xbox One, including a "Name Your Game" bundle.

One of the new winter 2016 bundles will offer the 1TB version of the Xbox One bundled with a free copy of Ubisoft's recent tactical shooter Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. It will also include free game downloads of two older Xbox 360 games; Rainbow Six Vegas and Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Both games can be played on the Xbox One with its recently added backwards compatibility feature. The bundle will cost $399 and will be available in every Xbox One market except for Belgium, China, France, Japan and Netherlands.

The "Name Your Game" bundle offers a 500GB version of the Xbox One with a free game download. However, in this case players can choose which game they want to get as their freebie from a list of four titles: Forza Motorsport 6, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Gears of War: Ultimate Edition or Rare Replay. It will be priced at $349 and will go on sale January 12 in Australia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand and the U.K, with the U.S, Brazil and Canada joining the party in later January.

Yeah, Microsoft really needs to just bite the bullet and go $299 for the 500GB model, even if it doesn't bundle any games. They will not close the gap if they simply price-match the PS4. Even worse, they allowed the PS4 to have a price advantage for much of November and December.